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Minnesota leaders urge families to explore eligibility for new child tax credit
Published 6:21pm Tuesday, February 6, 2024By Dana Ferguson After state lawmakers last year approved a new $900 million child tax credit program, they are making the case to families to ... Read more
State Fair and Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation accepting Century Farm applications
Published 6:21pm Tuesday, February 6, 2024Minnesota families who have owned their farms for 100 years or more are invited to apply for the 2024 Century Farm Program. Produced by the ... Read more
IRS gives Minnesota a final ‘no’ on exempting state tax rebates from federal taxes
Published 1:15pm Thursday, February 1, 2024MINNEAPOLIS — The Internal Revenue Service says the nearly $1 billion in state tax rebates sent to more than 2 million Minnesotans last fall will ... Read more
Taylor Drift and Clark W. Blizzwald take top honors in Minnesota snowplow-naming contest
Published 6:22pm Tuesday, January 30, 2024RICHFIELD — Travelers in northwestern Minnesota can shake off their trepidation about hitting the winter roads knowing Taylor Drift is clearing a path ahead of ... Read more
Minnesota governor appointed 1st cannabis chief with incomplete background information, audit says
Published 1:21pm Saturday, January 27, 2024ST. PAUL — The Minnesota governor’s office did not have complete information about the woman the governor appointed as director of Minnesota’s new marijuana regulatory ... Read more
More than $1 billion awarded to Minnesota, Wisconsin bridge
Published 6:17pm Tuesday, January 23, 2024ST. PAUL — Officials announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded nearly $1.06 billion in federal funding to replace the aging John ... Read more
Abortion opponents try to regroup after losing ground in Minnesota
Published 8:27am Monday, January 22, 2024By Dana Ferguson Abortion opponents who have long turned out in big numbers for an annual demonstration at Minnesota’s Capitol find themselves gathering amid cross ... Read more
Ahead of legislative session, Walz pitches $982 million in public construction projects
Published 5:15pm Tuesday, January 16, 2024By Dana Ferguson Gov. Tim Walz rolled out his $982 million plan Tuesday for public construction projects, a package that spans from prison fixups to ... Read more
Minnesota leaders in St. Paul, Washington push to drop federal tax on rebate checks
Published 7:58pm Friday, January 12, 2024By Dana Ferguson Gov. Tim Walz dialed the head of the federal tax system this week to make a last-ditch ask: Don’t tax Minnesota’s rebate ... Read more
Minnesota blackout license plates are hot sell in first week
Published 7:58am Wednesday, January 10, 2024By Dana Ferguson Blackout license plates are now available, and state public safety leaders said Tuesday that they’re selling like hot cakes just a week ... Read more
Cloquet police: Motive unknown in motel shooting that left 3 dead including suspect
Published 4:28pm Tuesday, January 9, 2024By Mark Zdechlik and MPR News Staff Cloquet police on Tuesday morning said they still do not know a motive in the Monday evening shooting ... Read more
Shooter kills 2 people at Minnesota motel and is later found dead, police say
Published 5:59am Tuesday, January 9, 2024CLOQUET — A shooter killed two people at a small-town Minnesota motel late Monday and the suspect was later found dead, authorities said. Police issued ... Read more
Other’s opinion: Positive news on jobs, population
Published 5:58pm Friday, January 5, 2024Minneapolis Star Tribune Credit employers and workers for Minnesota’s enduring employment growth. More jobs. More people. Minnesota’s employment and population trends are going in the ... Read more
Austin Living: Continuing to serve
Published 7:43pm Tuesday, January 2, 2024Local veteran channels passion into volunteer work By Amanda Lillie Sarah Belden, of Austin, knew from a young age she wanted to be in ... Read more
New for 2024: Minnesota law to grant more workers access to sick and safe time
Published 6:21pm Tuesday, December 26, 2023By Dana Ferguson Starting in January, Minnesota workers can accumulate short spurts of time off to take care of themselves or a loved one under ... Read more